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EDITION 42 18th Jan 2019
The weekly newsletter for the Holyport College family
Oxford Union Debating Competition Four pairs of Sixth Form students represented Holyport College admirably at the Oxford Union’s Schools debating competition on Thursday this week. Over 60 teams participated in the South Central regional round held at Magdalen College School in Oxford and our 8 students certainly did the College proud. The format of debating is British Parliamentary, which seemed highly appropriate given that the British Parliament was debating the Vote of No Confidence Motion at exactly the same time. Each pair had just 15 minutes to prepare for the debate and use logic and reasoning to convince the judge why they made the strongest case. Everyone got to debate two motions – the first being on Violent Video Games and the second on whether we should arm the Police. Although none of the Holyport teams made it through to the finals day – they certainly gained a lot out of the experience and we have already set up a friendly fixture against Oxford International College later in the term.
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